YEREVAN. – First of all, I would like to thank Lieutenant General Artak Davtyan for his work during his tenure as Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this Tuesday while introducing—at the Ministry of Defense—the newly appointed Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Onik Gasparyan, to the highest-ranking military officers of Armenia.

"During this period, a lot of work has been done in the Armed Forces, huge changes have taken place, a very big agenda has been formed, which still needs to be implemented.

I would like to congratulate the newly appointed Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Onik Gasparyan. And Mr. Gasparyan is not a new person in the Armed Forces (…). The military service has established in Armenia as a class. (…).

The Government of the Republic of Armenia is obligated to do everything possible to create conditions for the armed forces to create conditions for fulfilling the tasks set before it.

The image of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and the public attitude, love, respect for the Armed Forces is at the highest possible level (...). Our task is to equate, or at least to bring closer, the image of service in the Armed Forces to the image of the Armed Forces," Nikol Pashinyan added.